††††††††††† The Director of the
Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has filed a petition and a supplementary
petition for disciplinary action alleging that respondent Charles L. Hawkins committed
professional misconduct warranting public discipline, namely, a pattern of
untimely appellate filings resulting in respondentís suspension by the Eighth
Circuit Court of Appeals for six months, and alleging that in his practice
before the Minnesota Court of Appeals, respondent engaged in a similar pattern
of late filings in violation of Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 1.3, 3.4(c), and
8.4(d).†

††††††††††† Respondent admits his
conduct violated the Rules of Professional Conduct, waives his rights pursuant
to Rule 14, Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility (RLPR), and has
entered into a stipulation with the Director in which they jointly recommend
that the appropriate discipline is a 60-day suspension from the practice of
law.† The stipulation further recommends that the suspension be stayed and that
respondent be publicly reprimanded and placed on probation for two years
subject to the following conditions:†

(a)†††††† Respondent shall be supervised by a licensed
Minnesota attorney, appointed by the Director to monitor compliance with the
terms of this probation.† Respondent shall provide to the Director the names of
two attorneys who have agreed to be nominated as respondentís supervisor within
two weeks from the date of filing of this order.† If, after diligent effort,
respondent is unable to locate a supervisor acceptable to the Director, the
Director shall seek to appoint a supervisor.† Until a supervisor has signed a
consent to supervise, the respondent shall on the first day of each month
provide the Director with an inventory of active client files described in
paragraph (b) below.† Respondent shall make active client files available to
the Director upon request.

(b)†††††† Respondent shall cooperate fully with the
supervisor in his/her efforts to monitor compliance with this probation.†
Respondent shall contact the supervisor and schedule a minimum of one in-person
meeting per calendar quarter.† Respondent shall submit to the supervisor an
inventory of all active appellate client files by the first day of each month
during the probation.† With respect to each active appellate file, the
inventory shall disclose the client name, type of representation, date opened,
most recent activity, next anticipated action, and anticipated closing date.† Respondentís
supervisor shall file written reports with the Director at least quarterly, or
at such more frequent intervals as may reasonably be requested by the Director.

(c)†††††† Respondent shall initiate and maintain
office procedures that ensure that there are prompt responses to
correspondence, telephone calls, and other important communications from
clients, courts and other persons interested in appellate matters that
respondent is handling and that will ensure that respondent regularly reviews
each and every appellate file and completes legal matters on a timely basis.

(d)†††††† Respondent shall abide by the Minnesota
Rules of Professional Conduct.

(e)†††††† Respondent shall cooperate fully with the
Directorís office in its efforts to monitor compliance with this probation and
shall promptly respond to the Directorís correspondence by the due date.†
Respondent shall cooperate with the Directorís investigation of any allegations
of unprofessional conduct that may come to the Directorís attention.† Upon the
Directorís request, respondent shall provide authorization for release of
information and documentation to verify compliance with the terms of this
probation.

(f)††††††† Should respondent fail to comply with these
conditions, the Director may submit a motion to this court seeking to impose
the balance of respondentís suspension.† Respondent shall be entitled to notice
of the Directorís motion and an opportunity to be heard.†

††††††††††† The court has independently
reviewed the file and approves the jointly recommended disposition.

††††††††††† Based upon all the files,
records, and proceedings herein,

††††††††††† IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that
respondent Charles L. Hawkins is hereby suspended from the practice of law for
a period of 60 days, such suspension being stayed subject to the conditions set
forth above.† Respondent is hereby publicly reprimanded and placed on
supervised probation for a period of two years subject to the conditions set
forth above.† Respondent shall pay the sum of $900 in costs pursuant to Rule 24(a), RLPR.†

††††††††††† Dated: †November 20, 2006

††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† BY
THE COURT: